Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 278,128 playable programmes from the BBC

The live magazine that mixes showbiz scandal, popgossip and football craziness, presented byJennyRossand Paul Tonkinson. Including Peter Kay 's individual look at the world of entertainment. Stereo ................

Contributors

Presented Byjennyrossand:
Paul Tonkinson.
Unknown:
Peter Kay

The focus today is on the best buys in educational software packages for children. DJ Tony Blackburn attempts to create a hit single on a home computer. while interior decorator Anne McKevitt shows howto incorporate computer hardware into home decor. Plus a look at how home PCs can be used in genealogical research. Presented by Carol Vorderman with Adrian Chiles.
Repeat Stereo .....

Contributors

Unknown:
Tony Blackburn
Unknown:
Anne McKevitt
Presented By:
Carol Vorderman
Unknown:
Adrian Chiles.

Live coverage of the opening session of the best-of-17 frames Grand Prix final from the Bournemouth International Centre. Commentary by Ray Edmonds ,
Clive Everton , Dennis Taylor and John Virgo. Introduced by David Vine , with Dougie Donnelly.

Contributors

Commentary By:
Ray Edmonds
Commentary By:
Clive Everton
Commentary By:
Dennis Taylor
Commentary By:
John Virgo.
Introduced By:
David Vine
Unknown:
Dougie Donnelly.

The weekly strand featuring wildlife stories from around the world. Thisweek's location reports come from Sri Lanka, where Michaela Strachan encounters elephants, langurs and temple macaque monkeys.
Plus how exotic festivals and ceremonies often centre around animal icons, and how Buddhists and Hindus draw inspiration from the natural world.
Editor Sara Ford
WEB SITE: [web address removed]

5.30* Watch Out
A look at what's going on in Britain in the world of wildlife. As Halloween nears the programme looks at the eerie sounds made by the territorial calls of tawny owls, and some plants and animals with unusual properties. Plus why this is a sad time of year for bumblebees. With Chris Packham
and Nick Baker.
Producer Karen Walsh ; Series producer Mike Beynon
FACT SHEET: price £1.50. write to [address removed]
WEB SITE: [web address removed]

5.40* Wildlives
The real lives of individual wild animals, told by the people who know them best. The programme follows Mike Hearn as he spends two weeks tracking the black rhino of the Namibian desert, where a few footprints and broken plants lead the team to the first sightings of some new calves. In Russia Vitaly Nikolaenko films an enormous brown bear fishing for salmon, and there's a chance to catch up on the research programme in Borneo that is tracking a community of wild orang-utans.
Producer Anne-Marie Goodwin ; Series producer Paul Appleby

6.10*-7.00 The Natural World: The Temple Troop
In Sri Lanka's ruined city of Polonnaruwa lives the Temple Troop, the unruliest monkeys around. This film follows an extraordinary year in the life of the troop, and gives the inside story of macaque society-intimate. hilarious and full of the unexpected. Narrated by Roshan Seth. See today's choices. Producer Mark Linfield; Series editor Neil Nightingale
Videoplus code for 5.30-7.00(not PDC)
Cheeky monkeys: page 8

Contributors

Unknown:
Michaela Strachan
Editor:
Sara Ford
Unknown:
Chris Packham
Unknown:
Nick Baker.
Producer:
Karen Walsh
Unknown:
Mike Hearn
Producer:
Anne-Marie Goodwin
Producer:
Paul Appleby
Producer:
Mark Linfield
Editor:
Neil Nightingale

The series, presented by Maya Even , examining important stories from the world of business and finance. As the date draws near for Britain to decide if it will join the European single currency, in the financial world much lobbying has been taking place. But many now accept that entry is a foregone conclusion. GregWood reports. Editor Diarmuid Jeffreys

Contributors

Presented By:
Maya Even
Editor:
Diarmuid Jeffreys

Created in Warwickshire and mainly sold in America, Austin Healeys have been hailed as the definitive macho British sports car of the fifties and sixties. At the height of the classic car boom a Healey changed hands for £190,000. Quentin Willson looks at the vehicle that has been the subject of much praise but has also had its critics.
Director David Wheeler ; Producer John Wilcox Repeat Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Quentin Willson
Director:
David Wheeler
Producer:
John Wilcox

Live coverage of the best-of-17 Grand Prix final being held at
Bournemouth. The winner takes home a cheque forL60,000 with the runner-up making do with £32,000. Commentary by Ray Edmonds , Clive Everton , Dennis Taylor and John Virgo. Presented by David Vine.
If coverage overruns subsequent programmes may run late

Contributors

Commentary By:
Ray Edmonds
Commentary By:
Clive Everton
Commentary By:
Dennis Taylor
Commentary By:
John Virgo.
Presented By:
David Vine.

Film premiere. Drama starring Matt Dillon, Joan Chen
In 1952, FBI agent Kevin Walker is assigned to root out subversion in San Francisco's ChinaTown. Eager for results, he frames innocent laundry worker Chen Yung Song. Ten years later, after Chen has committed suicide, Walker forms a relationship with Marilyn Song, the man's daughter.
(1994,15). See Films: pages 60-70

Followed by Weatherview

Contributors

Director:
John Madden
Kevin Walker:
Matt Dillon
Marilyn Song:
Joan Chen
Ron Pirelli:
Bruno Kirby
Cynthia:
Teri Polo
Chen Jung Song:
Tzi Ma

BBC Two England

About BBC Two

BBC Two is a lively channel of depth and substance, carrying a range of knowledge-building programming complemented by great drama, comedy and arts.

Appears in

About this data

This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More